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TOI-2109: An Ultrahot Gas Giant on a 16 hr Orbit

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Seager, Sara
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We report the discovery of an ultrahot Jupiter with an extremely short orbital period of 0.67247414 ± 0.00000028 days (∼16 hr). The 1.347 ± 0.047 RJup planet, initially identified by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, orbits TOI-2109 (TIC 392476080)—a Teff ∼ 6500 K F-type star with a mass of 1.447 ± 0.077 M☉, a radius of 1.698 ± 0.060 R☉, and a rotational velocity of $v\sin {i}_{* }=81.9\pm 1.7$ km s−1. The planetary nature of TOI-2109b was confirmed through radial-velocity measurements, which yielded a planet mass of 5.02 ± 0.75 MJup. Analysis of the Doppler shadow in spectroscopic transit observations indicates a well-aligned system, with a sky-projected obliquity of λ = 1fdg7 ± 1fdg7. From the TESS full-orbit light curve, we measured a secondary eclipse depth of 731 ± 46 ppm, as well as phase-curve variations from the planet's longitudinal brightness modulation and ellipsoidal distortion of the host star. Combining the TESS-band occultation measurement with a Ks-band secondary eclipse depth (2012 ± 80 ppm) derived from ground-based observations, we find that the dayside emission of TOI-2109b is consistent with a brightness temperature of 3631 ± 69 K, making it the second hottest exoplanet hitherto discovered. By virtue of its extreme irradiation and strong planet–star gravitational interaction, TOI-2109b is an exceptionally promising target for intensive follow-up studies using current and near-future telescope facilities to probe for orbital decay, detect tidally driven atmospheric escape, and assess the impacts of H2 dissociation and recombination on the global heat transport.
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2021
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148520
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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Astronomical Journal
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American Astronomical Society
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Seager, Sara. 2021. "TOI-2109: An Ultrahot Gas Giant on a 16 hr Orbit." Astronomical Journal, 162 (6).
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